An image of a hippo, the species responsible for the recording.
This sound effect can be found on the Hanna-Barbera Sound Effects Library, which was made by Sound Ideas.
It's also found on The Odyssey Collection: Creatures Sound Effects Library as Ape Vocal, Guttural Growl, Snarls, Multiple Variations 02, and in turn, in GORILLA: VARIOUS VOCAL GRUNTS AND GROWLS. A short excerpt from the sound is included on the Partners In Rhyme website as "beargrwl".
Variations
- Ape Vocal, Guttural Growl, Snarls, Multiple Variations 02
- beargrwl (low quality)
- GORILLA: VARIOUS VOCAL GRUNTS AND GROWLS
Used In
TV Shows
- The Angry Beavers (Heard once in "Moronathon Man".)
- Arthur (Used for a sauropod dinosaur in "Finder's Keypers", once in "Francine and the Feline" and "That's a Baby Show!".)
- The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! (Heard in a song about animal families.)
- The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures (Heard once in "Diamond Safari".)
- Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood (Heard once in "Margaret's Bathtime".)
- Deadly 60
- Higglytown Heroes (Heard once in "Patty Cake" and "Eubie's Ele-Fantastic Adventure".)
- Human Prey (Used 5 times as a bear sound in "Killer Bears".)
- Jungle Cubs (Heard once in "Benny & Clyde".)
- Just for Laughs: Gags
- Magic of Disney's Animal Kingdom
- Maximum Exposure (Heard in "Nasty, Nasty Critters".)
- My Gym Partner's a Monkey
- Skunk Fu! (Heard in "The Art of Dream Control".)
- SpongeBob SquarePants (Heard in "Gorilla Suit Day".)
- Stanley (Heard in "Kangaroo Clean-Up" and "Hippo Helpers".)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012)
- Untalkative Bunny (Heard once in "Rare Golden Sloth".)
- Wait Till Your Father Gets Home (Heard once in "Chet's Job".)
Movies
- Jungle Boy
- Mufasa: The Lion King (2024)
- Return to Neverland (2002) (Heard in the original uncut version.)
Documentaries
- Age of Big Cats (2018) (Heard once in "World Domination".)
Video Games
Macintosh:
N64:
- Donkey Kong 64 (Used for Rambi.)
Online:
PC:
- 3D Jungle Train
- Big Thinkers! Kindergarten
- Curious George: ABC Adventure
- Frogger: He's Back!
- JumpStart Animal Adventures
- Just Me and My Grandpa
- Let's Start Learning!
- Little Monster, Private Eye and the Mummy Mystery
- Living Books: Stellaluna
- Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo
- Reader Rabbit Preschool
PlayStation:
Videos/DVDs
- The Alphabet Zoo (Mazzarella Productions)
- Dr. Rabbit's World Tour
- The Money Mammals: Saving Money is Fun (2006)
Bumpers/Interstitials/Station IDs
Other Media
Pilots
Websites
- Alphabetimals ("Hippopotamus" sound.)
- Free Sound Effects.com (Improperly labelled as "beargrwl".)
YouTube Videos
- Annoying Orange (Heard once in "HOW2: How to Change Your Life!".)
- Cmubrew2
- Darth Zookeeper Videos
- Kooliverse
- KSound Kaiju (Used for Hippowdon in "Pokemon Roars: Sinnoh Species".)
- Max & Ruby YTPs
- Specialencouters (Heard once in "Crocodile vs zebra, amazing encounter".)
- Teachmmobile Videos
Image Gallery
Audio Samples